36 ZUNI FETICHES. 



the master priest of the occasion, is a signal for the commencement of 

 the ceremonials. It is therefore substituted for "Ma!", used in the 

 foregoing prayer, whenever any preparations, lilie sacrifices and cere- 

 monials, precede the prayer. 



With this introduction he utters the accompanying prayer: 



Lu-k'ia yat ton-n^, bom tii-tchu k'ia-pin ha-1, to-pin-t6 ya,t-ton-n6, to- 



This day my father game being, oue day 



raw 



pin-t^ teh-thli-na-n(5, torn an o-n6 yathl u-lap-uapt6. Hothl yam a-wi- 



one night thy own trail over ronnd about (even) However to me earth 



though. your 



te-liu tsi-tau-4n topin-t6 i-te-tchu-m'i hom ta ank'o-ha-ti-n4. Tom an 



mother (with) one step to me thou shalt grant (favor). Thy own 



k'iah-kwin an4i-shi-mand, tom an shi-i-nAn 4n-ti-shi-mAn a-k'ia tom 



blood wanting, thy own flesh wanting, hence to thee, 



life-fluid 



lithl ha hal-lo-wa-ti-n4u 4-thle-a-u thla 4-thle-a-ri. L6-we t4-kuthl po-ti' 



here I good fortunes (ad)dres8, treasure (ad)dreS8. Thus much woods round filled 



all ihe :il)Out 



hom an tom ya't-ti-na tsu-ma-k'ie-nA. Hom 4-ta-tchu, hom ton an-k'o- 



to me mine you grasping sti-ong shall. My all-fathers, to me you favor 



ha-ti-na-wa. Hom ton t6-k'o-ha-ua an-ik-tchi-a-nap-tii. 



do (all). To me you light (favor) meet with do. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



Si ! This day, my father, thou game animal, even though thy trail 

 oue day and oue night hast (been made) round about; however, grant 

 unto me oue step of my earth-mother. Wanting thy life-blood, want- 

 ing thy flesh, hence I here address to thee good fortune, address to thee 

 treasure. 



All ye woods that fill (the country) round about me, (do) grasp for 

 me strongly. [This expression beseeches that the logs, sticks, branches, 

 brambles, and vines shall impede the progress of the chased auimid.] 

 My fathers, favor me. Grant unto me the light of your favor, do. 



The hunter then takes out his fetich, places its nostrils near his lips, 

 breaths deeply from them, as though to inhale the supposed magic 

 breath of the God of Prey, and puffs long aud quite loudly iu the gen- 

 eral direction whither the tracks tend. He then utters three or four 

 times a long low cry of, "Hu-u-u-u!" It is supposed that the breath 

 of the god, breathed iu temporarily by the hunter, and breathed out- 

 ward toward the heart of the pursued animal, will overcome the latter 

 and stiffen his limbs, so that he will fall an easy prey ; and that the low 

 roar, as of the beast of prey, will enter his consciousness and frighten 

 him so as to conceal from him the knowledge of any approach. 



The hunter then rises, reiilaces his fetich, and pursues the trail with 

 all possible ardor, until he either strikes the animal down by means of 

 his weapons, or so worries it by long-continued chase that it becomes an 

 easy capture. Before the " breath of life" has left the fallen deer (if it 

 be such), he places its fore feet back of its horns and, grasjiing its 



